From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/30] disallow SERIAL_8250_PNP with SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:02:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <20090324213416.GA29507@srcf.ucam.org> <20090324213841.59d6b299@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090324214321.GA29671@srcf.ucam.org> <20090324221816.50e7ccc2@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090324222934.GA30503@srcf.ucam.org> <20090324223632.66680ebd@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090324225812.GA30827@srcf.ucam.org> <20090325092203.139bb144@torg> <20090325101831.1322b00f@torg> <20090325153235.1b9eaaa2@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090325153857.GA17045@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:51198 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752739AbZCYRHE (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:07:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090325153857.GA17045@srcf.ucam.org> Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Garrett Cc: Alan Cox , Clark Williams , Andrey Panin , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > It's still fixing one configuration by breaking another. There's no harm > in maintaining the status quo. I do agree. We do _not_ fix a problem by making another one. We're better off with the old problem than with a new one. Linus